*Later than December 24, 1904*

By articles of Ya. L. Yudelevsky (A. Komov) "Our Tasks and Their Formulation (Remarks on the Draft Program of the Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries)" and V. M. Chernov (Yu. Gordinin) "Certain Peculiarities of Our Program," published in "Appendix to No. 53 of *Revolutionary Russia*" dated September 30 (October 13), 1904, a discussion was opened on the draft program of the SRs. The project itself was published May 5 (18), 1904 in *Revolutionary Russia* No. 46.

Ya. L. Yudelevsky — an SR, one of the leaders of the Paris group of the so-called "Initiative Minority." Author of works on historico-philosophical questions.

V. M. Chernov — one of the leaders and theoreticians of the Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries.

NOTE ON AN ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL 
"THE ECONOMIST" AND PRELIMINARY SKETCHES 
FOR THE ARTICLE "AUTOCRACY AND THE PROLETARIAT"

*[December 1904, later than the 24th]*

NB *The Economist*, 24 XII 04.
"**Weakness in high places**"* — an interesting article 
(most interesting!) on Russian affairs, on the incompetence of a weak 
autocrat.

A most characteristic point of view of the bourgeois, dissatisfied with 
irresolution, wavering: neither prison nor parliament for a speech, neither 
repression nor caress... He is not against bureaucracy, but it ought to know 
how to govern.

**Foreign Bourgeoisie 
on Russian Autocracy**

Cf. e*xtract* from *Times*

22 XII 04.

1) The collapse of the game with Tsarism is developing...

2) Military collapse is at hand...

*re* 1 — 
some of those eager to revise our old s.-d.* tactics had not managed to 
concoct a new tactic, banking on the fearlessness of the zemstvo men, when 
already the smoke had dispersed...

* — "Weakness of persons occupying the highest state offices."